Today we had a wonderul ride on the twisty road along the Colorado River -- MORE amazing scenery... check the pics! Our morning started out with SUN (yes the great fireball in the sky appeared for a couple of hrs this morning. Then... we were 'Rain Runners' trying to out run the rain storms. At times we were lucky and missed them and other times well... NOT so lucky.
GOOD NEWS - no SNOW today and the temps only dropped to 40F during he coolest parts so that is much better than the 20F & snow we had yesterday.
Tomorrow we will continue to head north and west towards BC. We plan to be back in Nelson by Tuesday afternoon/evening.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Hogback Pass... on our way to Moab
Ok the locals warned us about the absolutely scenic route to take to Moab...but it comes with a price! You must go over Hogback Pass (Google it to see & learn more) is what can I say OMG. Here is some info about it:
- road rides along a narrow crest of a ridge
- approx 1 mile long
- at times the ridge is NO wider that the road itself
- 2foot should and then drop off on BOTH sides of the road of approx 500 vertical feet
- twisty.... windy road
- NO stopping signs were posted for this area - LIKE we would want to STOP???
Temp dropped to 20F - yup it was freezing!
Friday, June 11, 2010
Nevada... Arizona... Utah...
Oh man - what State are we in??? We left Vegas this morning and I am so pleased as the ride out of the city and on the Freeway went well ;-) See the BIG SMILE!!
We stopped in Mesquet for Starbucks Coffee .... now do you know why the trip out of Vegas went well? Dan bribed me with Starbucks in Mesquet!! We then headed into Arizona and on to Zion Canyon and Bryce Canyon. It was toasty warm in the morning and through Zion Canyon and then the temp began to drop -- when we stopped for gas just outside of Bryce Canyon the gas attendant told us the temp was going down to 32 (in English for us that is 0) and there is a risk of snow for tonight. You guessed it - we decided to get going and make our way through Bryce Canyon before sun down and down to a lower elevation to avoid the SNOW.
We are in Escalante Utah for the night and tomorrow we are off to Moab and Arches National Park. Check out the photos for our travel today!
We stopped in Mesquet for Starbucks Coffee .... now do you know why the trip out of Vegas went well? Dan bribed me with Starbucks in Mesquet!! We then headed into Arizona and on to Zion Canyon and Bryce Canyon. It was toasty warm in the morning and through Zion Canyon and then the temp began to drop -- when we stopped for gas just outside of Bryce Canyon the gas attendant told us the temp was going down to 32 (in English for us that is 0) and there is a risk of snow for tonight. You guessed it - we decided to get going and make our way through Bryce Canyon before sun down and down to a lower elevation to avoid the SNOW.
We are in Escalante Utah for the night and tomorrow we are off to Moab and Arches National Park. Check out the photos for our travel today!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
In Alamo Nevada ... and it is HOT & DRY!
Ah...... gotta love it! It was 100+ today and the riding was really SWEET! We are only about 2 hrs from Vegas and staying in a very quaint little cabin style motel in 'little' Alamo. Today it was even dry enought to take pics so I am posting them after this posting.
Oh yes.... the riding was MY kind of RIDING - HEAT and STRAIGHT ROADS!!! Poor Dan was bored but I sure loved it.
Oh yes.... the riding was MY kind of RIDING - HEAT and STRAIGHT ROADS!!! Poor Dan was bored but I sure loved it.
NOTE... Please NOTE!..... this will be the last posting as we arrive in Vegas for 5 days. We will begin posting again next Friday, which is the day we leave Vegas! Oh....but if Dan wins big in Vegas then I will just have to take time to post ;-) .... I know not much chance but hey u can always hope!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Snow in Wells Nevada
It was just barely 50 degrees when we left Wells Nevada - look how low down the snow is on the mountains. The leaves are just slightly out on the trees - we had to bundle up in the morning.
By afternoon the temp was +100 so needless to say we had to lighten up!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Live from Wells Nevada!
Hello All!
BAD NEWS... (hmmm same news) It was pouring like mad in Twin Falls this morning!
GOOD NEWS... we were in the Harley Shop all morning getting my first Harley medical and by the time the Harley docs were done - so was the rain!
GOOD NEWS for Dan - I did not buy anything in the Harley Store so he is really smilin' Hmm... look out Vegas!
So I think the 'Rain Angel' was feeling kinda bad about how wet 'he' got us over the past few days and decided to try and make things RIGHT. He hit us with 3hrs of WIND and we are not talking mild breeze but instead winds in the range of 50 miles per hr (that is what the locals told us) and we sure believe them after what we went through!
MORE GOOD NEWS -- we are now DRY! I must say the 200 extra pounds of weight with my new bike helped to kinda keep me in my lane on the highway. I think the trucker behind me for part of the trip stayed behind because he found it entertaining to watch me try and keep my bike on the road OR ... was he afraid to pass me??
Tomorrow we are headed to Ely Nevada and ya know it actually looks like we JUST we might get SUN and NO rain ;-)
p.s. After dinner this evening Dan decided to play the slot machines and won $75!!
Cheers Dan and Sharron
BAD NEWS... (hmmm same news) It was pouring like mad in Twin Falls this morning!
GOOD NEWS... we were in the Harley Shop all morning getting my first Harley medical and by the time the Harley docs were done - so was the rain!
GOOD NEWS for Dan - I did not buy anything in the Harley Store so he is really smilin' Hmm... look out Vegas!
So I think the 'Rain Angel' was feeling kinda bad about how wet 'he' got us over the past few days and decided to try and make things RIGHT. He hit us with 3hrs of WIND and we are not talking mild breeze but instead winds in the range of 50 miles per hr (that is what the locals told us) and we sure believe them after what we went through!
MORE GOOD NEWS -- we are now DRY! I must say the 200 extra pounds of weight with my new bike helped to kinda keep me in my lane on the highway. I think the trucker behind me for part of the trip stayed behind because he found it entertaining to watch me try and keep my bike on the road OR ... was he afraid to pass me??
Tomorrow we are headed to Ely Nevada and ya know it actually looks like we JUST we might get SUN and NO rain ;-)
p.s. After dinner this evening Dan decided to play the slot machines and won $75!!
Cheers Dan and Sharron
Thursday, June 3, 2010
In Twin Falls Idaho
Hello All - ok not even sure if this will post as the connection here is only 'one bar' on the 'rictor scale' and it is painful. I guess the riding angel did not think I had enough experience riding in the rain yesterday so 'he' blessed me with a morning filled with more riding in the rain and added wind to the mix. Hmmm.... I made it through the morning so 'he' (that would be the riding angel) gave us some SUN and YES... even a bit of HEAT ;-)
We arrived in Twin Falls at 8 this evening and both of us are just a weeeeeeee bit tired. Wow... it is amazingly GREEN here!
OH..... we did have a SCARE this morning! While riding in the wind and RAIN and going up in altitude (not sure where we were at that point) we really were concerned because.... YES we saw a snow plow! At that point, I starting shifting down and was headed for a pull over where I was going to plant my self until at least July 1st... Darn - Dan made me keep going!!
Well connection is slipping more here will write more tomorrow!
Signed the 'rainy riders'
We arrived in Twin Falls at 8 this evening and both of us are just a weeeeeeee bit tired. Wow... it is amazingly GREEN here!
OH..... we did have a SCARE this morning! While riding in the wind and RAIN and going up in altitude (not sure where we were at that point) we really were concerned because.... YES we saw a snow plow! At that point, I starting shifting down and was headed for a pull over where I was going to plant my self until at least July 1st... Darn - Dan made me keep going!!
Well connection is slipping more here will write more tomorrow!
Signed the 'rainy riders'
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
In Lewiston!
Well we finally left at 8:30 this morning even though I voted to wait for the rain to STOP.
GOOD NEWS - got some great experience riding in the rain!!!
BAD NEWS - it rained the ENTIRE trip to Lewiston!!!!!!!
We are soooooooooo praying for sun and even just a little bit of heat tomorrow! We really enjoyed the scenery along the way here... everything is so green and lush -- go figure... could it be ALL the rain they have been getting down here? Dan tried cheering me up today by saying 'I bet there will be flowers in the desert this trip... hmmm due to all of the rain everyone is getting down here ;-)
All and all trip went very well and I SOOOOOOOO love riding my Harley... she has some REAL power! Sorry no pics today as it was just way tooooooooooooo wet.
Signed 'Soggy Riding Boots'
GOOD NEWS - got some great experience riding in the rain!!!
BAD NEWS - it rained the ENTIRE trip to Lewiston!!!!!!!
We are soooooooooo praying for sun and even just a little bit of heat tomorrow! We really enjoyed the scenery along the way here... everything is so green and lush -- go figure... could it be ALL the rain they have been getting down here? Dan tried cheering me up today by saying 'I bet there will be flowers in the desert this trip... hmmm due to all of the rain everyone is getting down here ;-)
All and all trip went very well and I SOOOOOOOO love riding my Harley... she has some REAL power! Sorry no pics today as it was just way tooooooooooooo wet.
Signed 'Soggy Riding Boots'
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